And waiting out the last hours of the tenure at the walnut farm in california. Hagel, meanwhile, already working out of the pentagon for weeks preparing for the transition and first battle will be a budget war. The dod is faced with cuts even in the next seven months alone of 43 billion. Cuts to training, grounded planes, docked warships. All things the president referred to today at a shipyard. Main reason im here is to call attention to the important work youre doing on behalf of the Nations Defense and to let the American People know that this work along with hundreds of thousands of jobs are currently in jeopardy because of politics in washington. These cuts are wrong. Theyre not smart. Theyre not fair. Michael hersh is chief correspondent at the national journal. So lets start there. Theres this notion that if hes confirmed and i think we all expect that he will be that hell enter defense in some kind of a weakened position after not so great confirmation hearing and then this rea
And then the former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson on what needs to be done to avoid a repeat of that horrible day. We begin with eric in new york city. Hello, neil. On that morning, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center flew over my head and although its been 18 years, it at times feels frankly that not one day has gone by. Today, this morning, we witnessed the familiar ritual. Family members, loved ones, officials gathered again and what was ground zero to remember their loved ones lost. The reading of the names, the moments of silence for when each tower fell, and for when the buildings were hit and collapsed. There were attributes and tears and for many, the pain and sorrow despite the years have not receded. Not a day goes by when we dont think youre going to walk through that door. Thank you for always looking over mom and dad, caroline, darcy, and all the cousins. Thank you. With all respect to our lost loved ones, this one is kind of hard. Representing and hono
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